WORKER'S WEEKLY REST
' A BILL WITHDRAWN. . *4Y TELEGRAPH —rRESB ASSOCIATION—COWHtQHI (Iteo. Juno 25, 0.40 a.m.) ' London, 'June 24.'• In the House of \ Lords Viscount Hull moved the second reading of the Weekly Rest Day Bill,' promoted National Hygienic League, aiming at' giving all em. ployees a full Sunday rest, or, if is impossible, ono Sunday every fortnight and a rest day in the interval. . Lord Beauchamp opposed the Bill, and the Arohbisbop of Canterbury urged public ventilation of,' tho subject : before legislating on it.;; Lord Lansdowne (on behalf of the Unionists) said it was impossible to accept tho Bill, in its present form. , The Bill was withdrawn.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 233, 25 June 1908, Page 7
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107WORKER'S WEEKLY REST Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 233, 25 June 1908, Page 7
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